Author: P.T.
Michelle
Title: Lucid
Series:
Brightest Kind of Darkness (#2)
ISBN:
Publisher:
P.T. Michelle (July 9th 2012)
Disclaimer:
Copy provided by author for review
Buy your
copy: Kindle
My rating: 4
of 5
“Once Nara combines her prophetic ability with Ethan’s power to outsmart Fate at his own deadly cat-and-mouse game, she’s more determined than ever to help Ethan learn the meaning behind the raven sword tattoo that suddenly appeared on his back after their confrontation with Fate.
During her quest to uncover the tattoo’s secrets, Nara enlists the help of some new friends and discovers her own surprising connection to Ethan.
While Nara digs deeper into the mystery, her desire for answers leads her down a dangerous path full of powerful and ruthless enemies. Swept into an age-old battle, Nara quickly learns that keeping one’s enemies close can be a necessary evil, making an intangible enemy she can control far more preferable to the human enemies she can’t.” GoodReads’ blurb
I was lucky
enough to win a copy of Brightest Kind of Darkness little after it was
released... I read it right away, fell in love and had to undergo and painful
waiting period while Lucid came out. This waiting period had two effects: it
increased my urge to read Lucid ASAP and it made my expectations skyrocket...
Well, again
I was in luck: I got a review copy thanks to PT Michelle upon publication, and
it surpassed even my hightened expectations.
I mean, I
knew Nara and Ethan. I loved how they were down to earth, real people beyond
their respective powers. I loved their connection, how it went deeper than
their complex abilities playing off one another. I knew that there was a big
deal about the raven feather and strange tattoo... But knowing all that couldn’t
have prepared me for Lucid.
In this
book, I both missed Ethan and loved his absence. It was for the best of the
story that he chose to deal with the demons of his past in order to truly be
with Nara, but I could feel her need to be with him and her fear when he was
away. Then, in steps Dryst, a lovely Welsh boy who might or might not have
feelings for her but who is, more than anything else, a friend to Nara when she
needs one. He’s a friend who’s hiding his own secret too, and one willing to go
to great lenths to prove his loyalty and to win her trust.
Can we say “I
love Dryst” all together, please?
He had a
killer accent, great looks, a laid-back attitude with funny moments and just
the right dose of protectiveness, and he is great at parcour, so we can define
him as “one big muscle”. If we add him to the fact that Ethan comes back changed,
and not exactly for the best, we have some food for thought.
I hate
spoiling things, so there’s not much I can tell you except that Ethan has been
doing more than just fixing his family life while back at home. He’s also
really secretive about it: he doesn’t want Nara involved; he doesn’t even want
her help with figuring out the meaning of the raven tattoo. Which I thought
was kind of unfair, taking into account the effort Nara put into helping him...
and the things she had to face.
Let’s just
leave it at that, and part with a paraphrased quote: “If the darkness if deep
enough, it can swallow the light”.
Are you
curious yet? I admit, Lucid will give you more questions than answer in the
Brightest Kind of Darkness world, but you definitely want to be asking yourself
those questions. So, go and read the book! What are you waiting for?
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